Day 2 - Civil Rights Tour 2020
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March 2, 2020
A service at Brown Chapel AME Church that included national dignitaries and politicians and a walk across the Edmund Pettis Bridge was the highlight of the second day of the Clearwater High School Civil Rights Tour. The ambassadors joined thousands of people, including Rep. John Lewis, from across the United States to commemorate the 55th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Ala. The ambassadors also met with Lynda Blackmon Lowery, one of the youths beaten during Bloody Sunday in the original 1965 march for voter rights.
The historic walk across the iconic bridge is one event of Clearwater High School’s Civil Rights Tour where twenty-two students, known as Freedom Ambassadors, are visiting important sites of the Civil Rights Movement in America. The annual tour is from Feb. 29-March 4. The ambassadors will visit Atlanta, Ga., Birmingham and Selma, Ala., Memphis, Tenn. and Washington, D.C. The trip is the culmination of a project-based, personalized learning opportunity that includes an in-depth tour of sites with historical significance for the Civil Rights Movement.
Video Feature
Watch a video of the student's Day 2 experience.
